compone

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See also: componé

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Etymology

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Latin componere.

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compone (third-person singular simple present compones, present participle componing, simple past and past participle componed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To compose; to settle; to arrange.
    • 31 March 1528, Casale, Gardiner and Foxe, letter to Wolsey
      a good pretence for componing peace

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Italian

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compone

  1. third-person singular present indicative of comporre

Latin

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compōne

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of componō

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compone

  1. third-person singular present indicative of componer